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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bulgaria to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these significant new open education ventures. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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