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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning have empowered humans all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational ventures. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also investigates the major 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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