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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources