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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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