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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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