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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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