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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Burundi to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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