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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open education endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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