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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these massive open online courses? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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