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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning are empowering learners all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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