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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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