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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students 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 a lot of topics that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Micronesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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