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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally 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 quite a few topics that elearning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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