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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in blended learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Fiji to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational ventures. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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