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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in electronic educational technology are empowering people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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