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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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