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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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