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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning are empowering people all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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