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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education endeavours. Students want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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