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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning are enabling learners all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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