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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better grasp these promising new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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