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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online learning enable learners all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important 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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