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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free 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 numerous issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Howland Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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