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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Students want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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