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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational undertakings. Students want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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