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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology make it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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