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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in elearning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rutgers University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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