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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bermuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these fascinating new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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