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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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