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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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