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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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