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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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