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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in elearning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these new open education endeavours. Students want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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