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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in elearning have empowered humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Scientists want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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