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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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