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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational ventures. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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