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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better understand these open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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