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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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