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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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