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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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