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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online learning enable people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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