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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants 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. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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