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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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