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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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