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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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