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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have enabled students all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open education ventures. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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