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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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