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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Honduras to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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