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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily 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 numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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