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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ecotech Institute to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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