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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Aruba to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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