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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education undertakings. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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