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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brunei to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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