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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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