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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Chad to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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