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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning enable students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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