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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in elearning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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