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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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