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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the intriguing 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 gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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