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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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