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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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