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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Slovakia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to understand these new open education initiatives. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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