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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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