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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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