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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. 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 but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better grasp these open education endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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