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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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