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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Trainers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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