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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning have empowered humans all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)