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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in classes 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 MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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