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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning are enabling people all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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