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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Academics want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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