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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Slovakia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better understand these open education endeavours. Educators want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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