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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education