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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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