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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open education initiatives. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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