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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology are empowering students all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this developing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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