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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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