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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning have enabled students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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