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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Students want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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