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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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