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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online learning technology enable people all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better understand these open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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