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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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