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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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