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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp these important new open educational endeavours. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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