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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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