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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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