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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning have enabled humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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