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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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