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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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