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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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