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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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