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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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