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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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