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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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