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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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