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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic educational technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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