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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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