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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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