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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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