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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. 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. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rutgers University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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