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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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