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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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