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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues related to massively open online courses (MOOCs) and open educational resources (OERs). As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. New improvements in elearning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? How can participants assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education.

There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? Administrators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the barriers associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. For more details please visit this Instructional Design site.

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