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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Vietnam to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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