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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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