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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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