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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology enable learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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