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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Chad to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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