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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Slovenia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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