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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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