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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in e-learning are empowering students all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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