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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online education make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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