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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning are empowering students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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