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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in elearning have enabled students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions have to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other participants want to better comprehend these interesting new open education ventures. People want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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