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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to understand these open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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