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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic educational technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like India to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational endeavours. Educators want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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