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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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