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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic educational technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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