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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning enable students all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Malta to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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