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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these significant new open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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