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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Tokelau to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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