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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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