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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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