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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational ventures. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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