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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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