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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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