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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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