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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in digital education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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