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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in electronic education technology have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews 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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