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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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