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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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