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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Trainers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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