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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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