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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take part in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive online courses are normally 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 topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Sudan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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