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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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