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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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