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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to take courses 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. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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