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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to understand these compelling new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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