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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in distance learning are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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