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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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