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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning have enabled people all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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