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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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