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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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