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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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