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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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