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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Slovenia to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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