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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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