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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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