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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in technology-enhanced learning enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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