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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Fiji to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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