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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning enable humans all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open education ventures. Students want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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