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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Elidaemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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