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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic educational technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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