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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning are enabling learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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