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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to understand these promising new open education initiatives. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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