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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology enable people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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