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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to understand these promising new open education undertakings. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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