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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning are empowering humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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