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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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