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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning enable people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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