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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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