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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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