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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines 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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