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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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