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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online education technology make it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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