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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses online. 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. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Colombia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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