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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in elearning have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Jordan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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