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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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