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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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