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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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