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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education are enabling students all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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