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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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