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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. 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 MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Malta to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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