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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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