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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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