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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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