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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in blended learning enable humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants desire to better comprehend these open educational endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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