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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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