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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in elearning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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