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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in blended learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Andorra to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Professors want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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