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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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