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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning are empowering people all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better grasp these compelling new open education undertakings. Corporations want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses 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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