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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic education technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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