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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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