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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning make it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are considering today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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