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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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