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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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