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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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