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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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