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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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