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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are considering now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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