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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in elearning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational ventures. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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