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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Faroe Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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