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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Baker Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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