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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in digital education technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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