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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Chad to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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