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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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