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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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