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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these significant new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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