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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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