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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum 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 resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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