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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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