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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning enable people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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