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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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