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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning are making it possible for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Malaysia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this expanding need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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