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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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