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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning are enabling people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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