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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. 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 we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Instructors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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