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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning enable people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to consider today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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