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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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