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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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