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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. 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. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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