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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning enable people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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