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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic education technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tonga to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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