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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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