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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online classes. 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. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Norway to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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