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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online learning have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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