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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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