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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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