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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning make it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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