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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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