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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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