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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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