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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in blended learning are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students 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 issues that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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