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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in 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. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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