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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the key 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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