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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to understand these new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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