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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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