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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ball State University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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