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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning technology have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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