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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning enable humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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