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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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