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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the sensational 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 scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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