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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. 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 MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ohio State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better understand these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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