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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle 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 scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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