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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology enable humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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