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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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