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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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