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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in blended learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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