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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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