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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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