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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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