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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology are making it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This amazing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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