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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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