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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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