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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning are enabling learners all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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