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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning make it possible for students all over the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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