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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online education enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently 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 blended learning institutions have to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the new book 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 discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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