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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in digital education technology make it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better understand these fascinating new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the major 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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