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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also talks about the most important 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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