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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning have enabled students in nations all aver the world to take part in classes 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. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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