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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are commonly 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 issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Midway Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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