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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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