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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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