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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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