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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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