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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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