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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these significant new open education ventures. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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