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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in elearning have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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