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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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