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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning are empowering people all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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