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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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