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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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