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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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