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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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