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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning technology have enabled humans all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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