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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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