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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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