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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in online education have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive online courses are free for learners 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 a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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