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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in blended learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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