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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to understand these open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the most important 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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