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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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