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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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