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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Arizona State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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