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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning enable learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational ventures. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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