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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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