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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other participants want to better understand these interesting new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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