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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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