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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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