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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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