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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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