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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ecotech Institute to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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