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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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