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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Italy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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