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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in elearning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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