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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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