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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Universities want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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