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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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