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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Burundi to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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