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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major 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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