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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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