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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open education endeavours. People want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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