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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in elearning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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