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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. 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. MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this crescive need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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