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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are generally 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 many topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guatemala to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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