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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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