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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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