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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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