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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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