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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education enable people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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