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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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