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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. 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 be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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