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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. New gains in online education are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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