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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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