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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online education technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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