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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in e-learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ball State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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