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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology enable humans all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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