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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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