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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these compelling new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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