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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning have enabled learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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