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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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