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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in blended learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students 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 online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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