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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning have enabled learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students 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 numerous subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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