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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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