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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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