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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning are enabling students all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better understand these fascinating new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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