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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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