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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these new open education initiatives. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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