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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to understand these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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