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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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