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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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