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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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