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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Vatican City to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Professors want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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