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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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