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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning make it possible for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Academics want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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