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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. 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 free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open education ventures. People want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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