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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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