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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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