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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning are empowering people all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Students want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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