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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open education initiatives. Scholars want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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