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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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