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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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