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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have empowered learners all over the world to participate in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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