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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kiribati to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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