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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online learning are empowering students all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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