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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online education enable people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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