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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in blended learning have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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