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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also studies the most important 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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