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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning enable students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. 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 almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like North Seattle Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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