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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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