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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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