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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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