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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational ventures. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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