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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning enable people all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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