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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources