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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning enable humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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