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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education have made it possible for humans all over the world to take part in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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