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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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