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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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