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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education enable students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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