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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Baker Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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