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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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