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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic educational technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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