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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in elearning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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