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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students 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 many issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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