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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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