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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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