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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in electronic education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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