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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Jordan to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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