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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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