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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better perceive these compelling new open education undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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