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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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