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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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