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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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