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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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