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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning technology make it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. 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 MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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