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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also researches the key 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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