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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. 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 classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these significant new open education undertakings. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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