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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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