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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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