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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently 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 dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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