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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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