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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Jordan to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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