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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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