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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education enable students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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