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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. 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. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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