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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better grasp these new open education initiatives. Academics want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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