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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education ventures. Scholars want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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