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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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