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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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