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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology enable people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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