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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning make it possible for students all around the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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