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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johnston Atoll to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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