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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students 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 a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kingman Reef to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to understand these significant new open educational ventures. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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