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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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