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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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