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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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