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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Afghanistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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