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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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