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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. 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 massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Educators want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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