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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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