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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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