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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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