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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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