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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Slovakia to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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