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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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