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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education enable learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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