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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guernsey to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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