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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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