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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic education technology have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are considering today because learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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