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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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