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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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