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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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