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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in digital education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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