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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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