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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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