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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Wake Island to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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