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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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