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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Serbia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the major 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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