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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources