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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology enable students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open education initiatives. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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