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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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