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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses 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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