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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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