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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners 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 numerous issues that learning technology organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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