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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education have empowered students all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Students want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the key 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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