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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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