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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in blended learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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