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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions must deal with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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