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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online education are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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