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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Chad to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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