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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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