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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth 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 quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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