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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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