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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. 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. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Palau to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational endeavours. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic 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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