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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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