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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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