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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology enable learners all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to be more aware of these open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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