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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in elearning are enabling students all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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