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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources