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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Slovakia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better grasp these new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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