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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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