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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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