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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details the scholarly 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 scholarly new book also articulates 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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