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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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