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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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