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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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