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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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