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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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