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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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