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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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