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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning have enabled humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations must deal with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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