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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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