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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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