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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in learning technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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