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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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