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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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