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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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