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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily 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 subjects that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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