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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning enable people all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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