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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Scholars want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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