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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in blended learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like San Marino to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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