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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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