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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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