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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in learning technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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