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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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