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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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