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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. 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 MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open education ventures. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting 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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