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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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