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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take 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. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ecotech Institute to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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