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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic education technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that elearning organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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