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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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