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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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