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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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