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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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