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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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