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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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