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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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