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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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