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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free for students 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 many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like India to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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