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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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