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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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