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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Students want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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