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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in online education are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peter I Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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