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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in blended learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guyana to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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