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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning technology enable students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are considering today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peninsula College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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