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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Renton Technical College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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