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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online education have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Suriname to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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