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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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