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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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