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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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