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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online learning make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Queen Maud Land to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open education initiatives. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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