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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for learners 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 online learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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