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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. 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 massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open education undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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