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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Finland to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Educators want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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