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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic educational technology have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Abkhazia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this growing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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