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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are empowering students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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