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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cambodia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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