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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online classes. 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 online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to understand these new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also explores 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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