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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning technology enable students all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these intriguing new open educational ventures. Scholars want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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