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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in electronic educational technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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