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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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