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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning are empowering students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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