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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic education technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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