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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning are enabling humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Dominica to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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