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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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