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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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