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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning are empowering learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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