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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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