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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Arizona State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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