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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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