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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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