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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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