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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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