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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning are enabling students all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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