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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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