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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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