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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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