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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Students want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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