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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education enable humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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