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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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