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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. 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 MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these fascinating new open educational undertakings. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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